Mat completed his BA in kinesiology and his BSc in Occupational Therapy at the University of Western Ontario in 1991. He became certified as a hand therapist after opening his clinic, the Hand-Upper Limb Clinic. His passion for all things related to hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders continues even today after almost 30 years of practice. He is also a consultant for Big Thunder Orthopedic Associates, assessing those injured workers with upper extremity injuries. He was a co-investigator/ developer of the Shoulder School which is a pre-operative program to teach people how to best manage their surgical shoulders. He has been asked to lecture surgical residents at the annual Principles of Plastic Surgery (POPS), mentors students, and has taught splinting techniques to different groups of OT’s over the years.
His proudest achievements however, are his kids, who have now grown to be kind, interesting, and productive young people in their own right (probably thanks to their mother!). His interests include an unhealthy following of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Blue Jays (he saw game 5 of the 1992 World Series), and he enjoys hiking, biking, Sup’ing, and playing scrub hockey.